Mushrooms! Yuck in my book. It's no secret that I do not enjoy these little guys (it's one of the things Matt and I bonded over, in fact. That and our dislike of Beyonce...). Just look at that picture... the gross little fungus emerging from the earth. And to think, people pick them and eat them! Ok, yes, I know this forest variety of mushrooms are not exactly the ones that people saute in a pan and toss in a salad, but they all come from the same family, in my mind.
And these little guys were what greeted me each and every morning at the cottage this past long weekend. Some of them were already decomposing and began looking really gross and slimy... even more appetizing, no? I imagine they started out something like this....
Maybe it's the texture I don't really like about them, because I've been told they really don't have that much flavour. And before you judge, yes, I have eaten them. Sometimes unknowingly, like hidden in spaghetti sauce, and sometimes out of politeness if they were served to me as a dinner guest (I was the dinner guest, not the mushrooms, just to clarify...that would be just weird if someone invited a mushroom to dinner....). But I'll tell you, it takes a lot of mental will power to actually choke them down. I just pretend they aren't there, but if I see them, it makes it all the more difficult.
In any case, this is most likely the one and only blog post dedicated to mushrooms; you'll probably never see them in any of my recipes online, especially because if the original recipes calls for them, I automatically delete them....
And these little guys were what greeted me each and every morning at the cottage this past long weekend. Some of them were already decomposing and began looking really gross and slimy... even more appetizing, no? I imagine they started out something like this....
Maybe it's the texture I don't really like about them, because I've been told they really don't have that much flavour. And before you judge, yes, I have eaten them. Sometimes unknowingly, like hidden in spaghetti sauce, and sometimes out of politeness if they were served to me as a dinner guest (I was the dinner guest, not the mushrooms, just to clarify...that would be just weird if someone invited a mushroom to dinner....). But I'll tell you, it takes a lot of mental will power to actually choke them down. I just pretend they aren't there, but if I see them, it makes it all the more difficult.
In any case, this is most likely the one and only blog post dedicated to mushrooms; you'll probably never see them in any of my recipes online, especially because if the original recipes calls for them, I automatically delete them....
agreed. Mushrooms are disgusting.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same about raisins! Yuckii!! Who in their right mind thought that raisins would be nice in deserts, or food!! I mean, take a beautiful cake and ruin it by putting raisins in it!!Yes, I have eaten them, but also unknowingly; if I know they're there, I don't touch the food for all the money in the world! And it doesn't help either to pick them out; it'll have been too late because by that point they touched all the other ingredients and it's all ruined! Ruined, I tell you!
ReplyDeleteMushrooms I like:)
Andreea